Here’s a list of major new releases for the week of June 22, 2018.  Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.  As our staff post reviews of these albums, links will appear below the artwork (if we remember…) so that you can read about the release, see how we scored it, and more.

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Featured Release

Kamasi Washington: Heaven And Earth
Genre: Jazz/Soul
Label: Young Turks

Washington made a huge splash in 2015 with The Epic – a three volume, three hour masterpiece that brought soul and jazz fusion back into the spotlight of modern music.  By comparison, Heaven And Earth is merely two parts, and closer to two-and-a-half hours long.  Either way, we get it – the man is capable of writing towering, lengthily intimidating albums.  But the thing is, Washington’s records never feel that long.  Boasting impeccable flow and nary any filler, Kamasi’s works draw you in while keeping you engaged.  If The Epic was any indicator, we may be in for an album of the year candidate right here.

Listen to the below song samples for ‘Fists of Fury’ and ‘Space Travelers Lullaby’:

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– List of Releases: June 22, 2018 –

5 Seconds of Summer: Youngblood
Genre: Pop
Label: Capitol

Ashe: The Rabbit Hole
Genre: Alternative Rock
Label: Mom+Pop

Bebe Rexha: Expectations
Genre: Pop-Rock/R&B
Label: Warner Bros.

Best Coast: Best Kids
Genre: Indie-Pop
Label: Best Coast

Dawes: Passwords
Genre: Folk/Americana/Indie-Rock
Label: HUB

Death Grips: Year of The Snitch
Genre: Hip-Hop/Experimental/Industrial
Label: Death Grips

Gang Gang Dance: Kazuashita
Genre: Psychedelic/Electronic
Label: 4AD

Gnod: Chapel Perilous
Genre: Psychedelic/Noise Rock
Label: Rocket Recordings

Grimm Grimm: Cliffhanger
Genre: Folk/Electronic
Label: Some Other Planet Records

Haken: L-1VE
Genre: Progressive Metal/Rock
Label: InsideOutMusic

Helalyn Flowers: Nyctophilia
Genre: Industrial
Label: Alfa Matrix

Impending Doom: The Sin and Doom Vol. II
Genre: Metalcore/Death/Grind
Label: eOne

Jack River: Sugar Mountain
Genre: Pop
Label: Hopeless Utopian

Jill Barber: Metaphora
Genre: Pop
Label: Outside Music

Kamasi Washington: Heaven And Earth
Genre: Jazz/Soul
Label: Young Turks

Khemmis: Desolation
Genre: Doom/Sludge Metal, Stoner Rock
Label: 20 Buck Spin

King Heavy: Guardian Demons
Genre: Doom/Heavy Metal
Label: Cruz Del Sur

Marduk: Viktoria
Genre: Black/Death Metal
Label: Century Media

Nine Inch Nails: Bad Witch
Genre: Industrial/Electronic
Label: Null Corporation

The Orb: No Sounds Are Out of Bounds
Genre: Electronic/Ambient/Experimental
Label: Cooking Vinyl

Panic! At The Disco: Pray For the Wicked
Genre: Pop-Rock
Label: DCD2/Fueled by Ramen

Pantera: Live At Dynamo Open Air 1998
Genre: Thrash/Heavy Metal
Label: Dynamo Concerts

The Smoking Flowers: Let’s Die Together
Genre: Folk/Americana
Label: Bandaloop Music

Soulfly: Live At Dynamo Open Air 1998
Genre: Thrash/Nu-Metal
Label: Dynamo Concerts

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